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buy an energy star appliance in virginia and you don't have to pay the sales tax. governor mcdonnell declared an emergency star sales tax holiday. the products must cost $2,500 or less and be bought for personal use. >>> a belove independent captiol hill hardware store is celebrating 90 years in business. they plan a week long festivity gala including daily raffles and give aways special bargain prizes, live -- bargain prices and free gas. it started when a cabinet maker was laid off by the navy yard and went in to business for himself. >> hardware stores to me smell so good i don't know what it is. old wood floors an stuff. >> i think that is a topper thing. >> it is lumber, new stuff. we are looking at a respite in the immediate metro area. but don't let you guard down. flood watch until 8:00 tomorrow. show you titan. you can see there is a ton of moisture to the south of us. we have rain to the west. we will look a that in academy is but this is what we are concerned about. what will happen is we will be in the mid until the metro area. heavy back to the west, w
buy an energy star appliance in virginia and you don't have to pay the sales tax. governor mcdonnell declared an emergency star sales tax holiday. the products must cost $2,500 or less and be bought for personal use. >>> a belove independent captiol hill hardware store is celebrating 90 years in business. they plan a week long festivity gala including daily raffles and give aways special bargain prizes, live -- bargain prices and free gas. it started when a cabinet maker was laid off...
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the gunman, paul warren curtis of arlington, virginia and his mother are both dead. the wounded doctor is still in the operating room but expected to survive. reporting live from baltimore, andrea mccarran, 9 news now, back to you. >> andrea, what have you learned about security at the hospital? >> reporter: well that's an interesting question. hospital administrators, after the virginia tech shooting, say they felt compelled to look into security here. we're going to take a look at that at 6:00 because it applies to most hospitals in our area. no magnetometers, we'll take a look at what is in place and what has been considered and what is realistic here at johns hopkins for a hospital that has more than 80,000 visitors a week. also coming up at 6:00, we'll talk to a man who first learned his sister, who is working in the hospital, was in this chaos by her facebook posting later -- again that's coming up tonight at 6:00. >> andrea, thank you so much. >>> a district heights man slammed his car into an ambulance, killing himself and two passengers. the ambulance had li
the gunman, paul warren curtis of arlington, virginia and his mother are both dead. the wounded doctor is still in the operating room but expected to survive. reporting live from baltimore, andrea mccarran, 9 news now, back to you. >> andrea, what have you learned about security at the hospital? >> reporter: well that's an interesting question. hospital administrators, after the virginia tech shooting, say they felt compelled to look into security here. we're going to take a look at...
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bruce leshan, 9news now. >>> the last woman executed in virginia was a 17-year-old girl named virginia christian, lek tri electly cuted back in 1912. >>> it is scheduled to stay closed until 8:00 monday morning. pedestrians and people on bikes will not be able to use that bridge either while it is shut down. >>> all right, so it's time for a check on the evening rush. patranya. >> that's right. gorgeous looking friday out there as you can see. but on the topside of the capital beltway on the other side will be close to 90 minutes right now. not much beetedder, about 10 to 15 minutes faster. on the 270 corridor, it's going to be slow in stretches, but all lanes are wide open from 495 all the way up to clarksburg. it will be slow. ladies, back to you. >> all right, s.w.a.t. teams swarm in full body armor with guns drawn. this is no drill. we'll tell you what it is coming up at 5:30. top. >>> a beautiful evening. now we'll talk about high school football weather when we come back. also the redskins forecast and we'll show you great pictures from igor from space. stay tuned. >>> conservati
bruce leshan, 9news now. >>> the last woman executed in virginia was a 17-year-old girl named virginia christian, lek tri electly cuted back in 1912. >>> it is scheduled to stay closed until 8:00 monday morning. pedestrians and people on bikes will not be able to use that bridge either while it is shut down. >>> all right, so it's time for a check on the evening rush. patranya. >> that's right. gorgeous looking friday out there as you can see. but on the topside...
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and so they did a great job in virginia. you'll want to participate. go to our website. no name, no town. come on. it has easy. wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and follow the directions. >> you have some nice wildlife. >> yes. >> and that's good stuff. >>> coming up next. >> i hear them begging to empty the truck. >> a robbery suspect, takes the very wrong place to hide. and he barely gets away with his life. ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not? have you ever climbed a rock wall in the middle of the ocean? or tried something really wild? why not? it's all possible in the nation of why not. royal caribbean's floating nation where you're free to do anything you want. which may be nothing at all. royal caribbean international. visit royalcaribbean.com today. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classroom
and so they did a great job in virginia. you'll want to participate. go to our website. no name, no town. come on. it has easy. wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and follow the directions. >> you have some nice wildlife. >> yes. >> and that's good stuff. >>> coming up next. >> i hear them begging to empty the truck. >> a robbery suspect, takes the very wrong place to hide. and he barely gets away with his life. ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen...
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to over northern virginia, manassas. that line of thunderstorms will continue a northerly movement and that will have heavy rain fall. i don't doubt, 1 to 2-inch rain fall per hour over the next several hours. we will fill in more rain here in washington through the next several hours. topper. >> let's look at the model now. this is our rain potential and again, you see the sharp edge of some pretty significant rain. an inch or so up to 5 inches of rain. that's why we are saying an additional 1 to 5 inches of rain is possible. so round 2, critical time. 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the bulls eye is east and southeast of town unfortunately and allow extra time tomorrow and please, if you can, tell commute, if you are lucky enough to do that. there will be more street flooding tomorrow. we love to have your pictures, e-mail them to photos, go on our facebook and dc flood if you would. now in addition to the rain, we have some winds. winds gusting to 28 miles per hour downtown. 32 miles per hour at easten and a 25-mile per hour
to over northern virginia, manassas. that line of thunderstorms will continue a northerly movement and that will have heavy rain fall. i don't doubt, 1 to 2-inch rain fall per hour over the next several hours. we will fill in more rain here in washington through the next several hours. topper. >> let's look at the model now. this is our rain potential and again, you see the sharp edge of some pretty significant rain. an inch or so up to 5 inches of rain. that's why we are saying an...
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in virginia, there's no hand held cell phone ban. texting while driving is a secondary offense. >>> and we want to remind you about a very important campaign here at channel 9. it's called the great hangup. it's our effort to get everyone to stop using their cell phones illegally while they are driving. if you have been affected by a distracted driver talking on a cell phone or texting, we want to share your story on the air. you can tell us your story by going to the great hangup page at wusa9.com or call us at 202- 895-5960. >>> some new traffic safety improvements in chevy chase are going to make it safer for people on foot. he was on hand today for the dedication of a pedestrian safety island. it's near rock creek elementary school. the intersection has been the site of several accidents over the last five years. >>> something that we've done because one, it is important. secondly, it saves lives. and thirdly, because we are responding to the community. the community recognized the problem and we responded promptly. >> officials
in virginia, there's no hand held cell phone ban. texting while driving is a secondary offense. >>> and we want to remind you about a very important campaign here at channel 9. it's called the great hangup. it's our effort to get everyone to stop using their cell phones illegally while they are driving. if you have been affected by a distracted driver talking on a cell phone or texting, we want to share your story on the air. you can tell us your story by going to the great hangup page...
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our greg is in virginia tonight where even the redskins and eagles wives are getting caught up in the frenzy of donovan's return. >> reporter: they are getting into the spirit of things. on saturday in philadelphia the redskins' wives will be taking on the eagles wives in a charity basketball event and joining us now, deangelo hall and his lovely wife jada. and jada, i know there's a lot of pride at stake and you want to win it for the guys. >> of course. we definitely want to win. go out there, set the tone and have a good night on saturday or afternoon and that way the guys can take over on sunday. >> reporter: done von mcnabb is the big -- donovan mcnabb is the big storyline. what do you think he's going to be going through his mind? >> a lot of emotions. he's going back to a place he spent a lot of time and did a lot of things for that organization so we want to go out there, you know, fight as hard as we can, get this win, you know, the last couple of weeks hadn't been the best for us so we can go out there, get this one, we will be sitting perfect in the division. >> reporter: h
our greg is in virginia tonight where even the redskins and eagles wives are getting caught up in the frenzy of donovan's return. >> reporter: they are getting into the spirit of things. on saturday in philadelphia the redskins' wives will be taking on the eagles wives in a charity basketball event and joining us now, deangelo hall and his lovely wife jada. and jada, i know there's a lot of pride at stake and you want to win it for the guys. >> of course. we definitely want to win....
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this is pretty good sized hail and this is sent to us from chris stern from leesberg, virginia. and we need a pair of eyes so log on to our website, wusa9.com and send us a storm report if you would. so for tonight, severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. some severe storms and some heavy. partly cloudy and mild, and temperatures 64-72 and we'll put the watches up at the bottom of the screen shortly. >> thank you, topper. >>> now to a tragic scene in lorton, virginia as a fire takes the life of a mother and two of her children. peggy fox joins us to explain how the woman's three other children made it out alive. >> reporter: well neighbors say this mother did everything she could to save her children. with flames all around her, she got her two oldest children out of a two story window and dropped her baby into the arms of a friend but that fire moved too fast to save her two other children or herself. >> it was just black smoke and you couldn't see anything in the house. >> reporter: huge flames and thick smoke poured from their neighbor's home, a home with five small children,
this is pretty good sized hail and this is sent to us from chris stern from leesberg, virginia. and we need a pair of eyes so log on to our website, wusa9.com and send us a storm report if you would. so for tonight, severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. some severe storms and some heavy. partly cloudy and mild, and temperatures 64-72 and we'll put the watches up at the bottom of the screen shortly. >> thank you, topper. >>> now to a tragic scene in lorton, virginia as a fire...
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i'm lindsey mastis in virginia. coming up, a group rebuilds after february's blizzard. >>> don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we will be right back. >>> caught on tape, an eye opening start to the school day for some students near tampa, florida. a crossing guard spotted that gator lounging right near the elementary school as the kids started arriving for class. deputies were able to tape the gator's mouth, handcuff its hind legs and then they waited until animal control officers came to take it away. >> maybe they have a new mascot there. >>> a search is underway for a spider monkey near san antonio. the monkey's name is wc fields. somehow got out of his sanctuary last week when strong winds from tropical storm hermine tore open its enclosure. animal experts say the monkey is probably scared but he's also scared some residents as he searches for food. >>> let's go back to the evening rush-hour on this tuesday night. >> i know escaped -- no escaped monkeys on our freeways this afternoon just a
i'm lindsey mastis in virginia. coming up, a group rebuilds after february's blizzard. >>> don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we will be right back. >>> caught on tape, an eye opening start to the school day for some students near tampa, florida. a crossing guard spotted that gator lounging right near the elementary school as the kids started arriving for class. deputies were able to tape the gator's mouth, handcuff its hind legs and then they waited...
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. >>> a wrestler is jailed on pornography charges in virginia. mark bargette is charged with 10 counts. detectives want to hear from anyone who feels they have additional information in this case. >>> prosecutors filed additional charges against suspected serial stabbing suspect elias abuelazam. he faced four more murder charges in flit, michigan. he's also accused of a stabbing and hammer attack in virginia. if convicted he faces life in prison with no chance of parole. >>> another person attacked near the university of maryland over the weekend. this one happened early yesterday morning in the college park shopping center parking lot. police say the victim was intoxicated when three men attacked him. a silver spring man has been charged with a series of attacks this month. police are looking for three suspects in sunday's attack. >>> a government panel is deciding on whether to allow a company to sell genetically engineered salmon to u.s. consumers. if approved by the fda this would be the first ever genetically engineered animal allowed for hu
. >>> a wrestler is jailed on pornography charges in virginia. mark bargette is charged with 10 counts. detectives want to hear from anyone who feels they have additional information in this case. >>> prosecutors filed additional charges against suspected serial stabbing suspect elias abuelazam. he faced four more murder charges in flit, michigan. he's also accused of a stabbing and hammer attack in virginia. if convicted he faces life in prison with no chance of parole....
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discovery communications make the list in maryland and in virginia it's freddie mac and capital one. >>> and so will that be business, coach or saddle. just when you thought flying had cramped your style. now the ride is even tighter. book this one and you'll have just 11 inches of leg room. that is 7 inches less than you already get now. less leg room means more passengers and some carriers are eager to learn more. but anita, i don't expect you'll be booking a seat? >> no. kind of on the tall side for that. just like topper. topper and i both, very tall people. >> big problem. >>> ladies if you live around leesberg, gather your girlfriends and head down to dine and shop. beginning tomorrow and every third thursday there after merchants will host a girl's night out from 5:00 to 9:00. there are concerts, trunk shows, massages, free pilates and discounts on food and wine and free gifts and prize drawings. check out our feature on wusa9.com. look for the blue box in the middle of the home page and click the change button to find information in leesberg and other communities in the area.
discovery communications make the list in maryland and in virginia it's freddie mac and capital one. >>> and so will that be business, coach or saddle. just when you thought flying had cramped your style. now the ride is even tighter. book this one and you'll have just 11 inches of leg room. that is 7 inches less than you already get now. less leg room means more passengers and some carriers are eager to learn more. but anita, i don't expect you'll be booking a seat? >> no. kind...